Device for breaking horses of kicking.



No. 864,796. PATENTED SEPT; a, 1907.

w. T. NEFF. DEVICE FOR BREAKINGVHORSES 0F KIGKING.

' APPLICATION FILED we. 9. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM THEODORE NEFF, OF TREMONT CITY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO BERZELIUSLAENNEG BARR, OF TREMONT CITY, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR BREAKING HORSES OF KICKING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed August 9, 1906. Serial No. 329,914-

lo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM THEODORE New, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Tremont City, in the county of Clark and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Device forBreaking Horses of Kicking; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in devices for curing horses andother animals of the habit of kicking and particularly to that classwhich automatically chastises the animal.

The object of the invention is the production of an apparatus of thekind described which shall embrace means by which the animal shallreceive chastisement as a result of and immediately subsequent to theact of kicking, the curative value of the chastisement being greatest atsuch time.

Another object is to provide a whipping device which shall embody fewparts of simple construction, be easily attached to and detached fromthe desired place in a stall and in which the whip-holding means isadjustable in order that the most effective blow can be delivered to theanimal, irrespective of its size.

"he preferred embodimentof the details of my invention will now bedescribed in the following specification and then particularly pointedout in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l. is a perspective of my improvement, showing the devicein operative position in a stall. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of thewhipholding means, showing a slight modification. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective illustrating the means of attaching the whip lever to itssupport.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals refer tolike parts throughout the several views, 1 represents the side wall of astall, on the top of which is rigidly fixed a supporting-block 2 towhich is attached, by hinge connection 3, a whip-lever 4, the rear faceof the latter being tapered from said hinge connection toward its lowerend, as shown at 5, to permit play of the lever. One end of a coilspring 6 is attached to the rear face of the lever and the other end isfixed to the rear face of the supporting-block 2, said spring beingrelieved from tension when the device is at rest in normal position. Thelever 4 is provided with a longitudinal series of apertures 7, adaptedto receive thumb-screw 8 which, after being passed through one of saidapertures is intended to receive a whip-clamp 9, suitably bored andthreaded. The whip-clamp 9, of any desired configuration, is provided onits inner face with one or more transverse grooves 10, designed toreceive and hold in desired position a whip 11, as shown in Fig. 1.

A kicking-board 12 is pivotally supported from the side wall of thestall through the medium of angleplates 13, firmly attached thereto, thepivot-pins 14 of said plates seating in apertures formed in the upperand lower edges of the kicking-board. These pivotal connections arepositioned on one side of the median line of the board in order thatunequal lengths of said board shall lie on the respective sides of theconnections. the shorter length being tapered its full width from thepivot connections toward its free end, as at 15, to permit greater throwof the free end of the longer section of the board, the lower end of thelever 4 extending behind and slightly below the upper edge of the longersection of the kicking-board and normally holding it spaced from thestall.

The operation of the device is as follows: The clamp 9 is adjusted todesired height on the lever 4, the whip inserted in groove 10 in theclamp and the latter turned on thumb-screw 8 until the rear face of theclamp abuts lever 4, the correct angle of the whip being secured andmaintained by slightly turning the clamp in one or the other directionas may be necessary. Assuming that the parts are in operative position,the horse kicks against the longer section of the kicking-board andforces it against the stall side, thus throwing the lower end of thewhip-lever in and causing the upper portion thereof to be suddenly movedtoward the animal and resulting of course in its receiving a sharp blowfrom the whip, the spring 6, when the whip-lever has reached its limitof movement, returning it to normal position, as will be obvious.

From the foregoing it will be evident that I have provided asimply-constructed device which is adapted to be quickly and readilyattached to any stall of ordinary construction, which can be position edto one side or the rear of the animal therein with equal effectivenessand which applies chastisement to the animal immediately subsequent toits kicking the kicking-board, and which, after applying chastisement,automatically assumes normal position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with asupport of a kicking-board movably connected to the support, a leveroperated by the movement of the kickingboard, and means carried by thelever for adjust ably supporting a Whip.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with asupport, of a kicking-board movably connected thereto, a lever operatedby the movement of the kickingboard, means carried by the lever forsupporting a whip at an angle to the lever, said lever being formed withmeans to permit adjustment 01' the whip-supporting means longitudinally01' the lever.

7%. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with asupport, of a kicl ing-board movably connected thereto, a lever operatedby the movement of the kickingboard, and a whip-elu1np carried by thelever and adjustable to vary the inclination of the whip relative to thelever, said lever being formed with means to permit adjustment of thewhip-clamp longitudinally of the lever.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with asupport, of a kicking-board, means for pivotally supporting the upperand lower edges of said board, a lever operated by the movement of theboard, and a whip-clamp carried by the lever, the face of the board nextthe support being gradually reduced in thickness toward one end, wherebyto increase the throw of the 0pposite end.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with asupport, of a kicking-board pivotally connected at its upper and loweredges with the support, said connections being arranged to providetnequal lengths of the kickingboard on the respective sides of thepivots, a lever mounted on the support and depending in rear of thelonger portion of the board, a whip-clamp carried by the lever, thesurface of the shorter length of board next the support being graduallyreduced in thickness toward the free end, whereby to allow greater scopeof movement for the free end of the longer portion of the board.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM THEODORE NEFF.

Witnesses:

E. C. NIcnoLs, KYLE COLLINS.

